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"Lenient" as Good as "Strict" Ventricular Rate Control in Permanent AF: RACE-2 Trial

10 hours 17 min ago
The standard heart-rate target of <80 bpm doesn't lead to better clinical outcomes and is harder to achieve than a target of <110 bpm, a prospective randomized trial found.
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Statins Added to Standard Psoriasis Therapy May Improve Disease Severity

10 hours 20 min ago
Statin users with psoriasis showed a 64% reduction in psoriasis severity, whereas nonusers showed a 45% reduction in severity after the initiation of a new psoriasis medication.
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New Meta-Analysis: Routine Invasive Strategy Betters Selective Care for Non-ST-Elevation ACS

Mon, 03/15/2010 - 07:26
A more aggressive routine invasive strategy is clearly better than a conservative selective invasive strategy for all patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes, a new meta-analysis shows. And the highest-risk patients had the most to gain, indicating that risk stratification is crucial, says the lead researcher.
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Abdominal CT Exams May Reveal Patients at Higher Risk for Cardiovascular Disease

Mon, 03/15/2010 - 07:26
A small study of patients who have had both abdominal CT scans and coronary angiography found that abdominal aortic calcification is a predictor of obstructive coronary disease.
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INVEST: Mortality Hazard With Lowest Blood Pressures in Diabetics With CAD?

Mon, 03/15/2010 - 07:26
Diabetic patients whose systolic blood pressure was lowered to 130 to 140 mm Hg had a better outcome than those with systolic pressures over 140. But reductions below 130 did not appear to offer any additional benefit and had a higher mortality rate in this retrospective analysis.
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No Increased Atherosclerotic-Plaque Burden in Cops and Firefighters

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 21:46
The atherosclerotic-plaque burden among cops and firefighters is no higher than in a cohort of age-matched controls, suggesting that something else, possibly increased emotional and physical stress, is causing the increased risk of on-the-job cardiac-related events.
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Nanoparticle Detonations May Be Able to Burn Vascular Plaques

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 21:46
Biophotonic destruction of plaques with laser-activated nanoparticles shows promise in early clinical studies.
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Psoriasis "Firmly Established" as Risk Factor for CV Disease

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 21:46
Psoriasis patients should be considered at increased cardiovascular risk and prioritized for earlier medical risk-factor intervention for heart disease, the authors of a new study say.
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ACCORD BP: Intensive BP Lowering Futile in Diabetics

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 17:30
The ACCORD BP study shows that there is no benefit to be gained from intensively lowering systolic blood pressure to less than 120 mm Hg in type 2 diabetics; for now, a goal of <140 mm Hg seems reasonable in this population, say the authors.
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NAVIGATOR Off Course to Diabetes Prevention With Valsartan, Nateglinide

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 17:30
In a population with impaired glucose tolerance and CV disease or risk factors, the angiotensin receptor blocker had a slight effect and the short-acting insulin secretagogue had no favorable impact on progression to diabetes; neither drug prevented cardiovascular events.
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ACCORD: Fenofibrate No Benefit to Statin Therapy in High-Risk Diabetic Patients

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 17:30
The findings do not support the use of combination fibrate-statin therapy to reduce cardiovascular risk in the majority of patients with type 2 diabetes who are at high risk for cardiovascular disease, according to the ACCORD investigators.
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EVEREST II: Mitral-Clip Device Noninferior to Surgical Repair or Replacement

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 17:30
Much-anticipated results from EVEREST II show that the novel device--a percutaneous version of edge-to-edge mitral-valve repair--may be safer than traditional valve repair or replacement, with "noninferior" efficacy out to one year.
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Antisense Inhibitor of ApoB Synthesis: A New Approach for Severe Hypercholesterolemia

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 05:01
The novel agent was associated with impressive reductions of LDL and Lp(a) in a trial in patients with homozygous FH.
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Women More Likely to Be Referred for Cath

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 04:24
There appears to have been a paradigm shift in the way cardiologists refer to the cath lab, a new registry study suggests.
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Fitness More Important Than Fatness for Thrombotic Risk in Firefighters

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 04:24
Despite looking fit and healthy, a third of firefighters examined in a new study were at high risk of a thrombotic event, and improving their fitness is more likely to reduce this risk than tackling excess body weight, say the researchers.
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Abiomed Repairs Potentially Dangerous Computer Problem in AB5000 Circulatory-Support Devices

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 03:19
Abiomed is repairing some AB5000 circulatory-support devices as part of a class I recall triggered by computer problems that cause it to shut down without warning.
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CDC Concerned About Spike in Mumps Cases in NY/NJ Hasidic Community

Sat, 03/13/2010 - 09:09
An ongoing outbreak of mumps in the Hasidic (Jewish) community in New York and New Jersey prompted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue a Health Advisory this week.
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Overweight, Obese Gain Greater Benefit From BP Lowering

Sat, 03/13/2010 - 04:04
The overweight and obese should be more aggressively treated with antihypertensive therapy than normal-weight individuals, because they will derive greater benefit, a new analysis of the PROGRESS study suggests.
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NCCN Panel: Straight Talk With Compassion Urged for End-of-Life Cancer Care

Sat, 03/13/2010 - 03:57
Telling patients that they have cancer and/or that the end is near should be handled in an informative, compassionate, individualized manner.
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Adapalene-Benzoyl Peroxide Combination Gel Improves Symptoms of Acne Vulgaris

Sat, 03/13/2010 - 02:46
Adapalene-benzoyl peroxide gel is more effective than the individual components for the treatment of inflammatory acne, and it has a rapid onset of action.
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